📍 4395 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78526
Idea Brownsville Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 700 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luz Zuniga. It is part of the Idea Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes devices for students.
Idea Brownsville Academy enrolls 700 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 669 | 96% |
| White | 25 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
588 of the school's 700 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 565 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Idea Brownsville Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 38.
Idea Brownsville Academy is one of 123 schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in WESLACO, Texas. The district serves 79,430 students district-wide and employs 3,841 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 700 students, Idea Brownsville Academy is close to the district average of about 646 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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